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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mark worry the situation in the Middle East is?
(a) a fabricated falsehood
(b) the President with a secret agenda
(c) an excuse for war
(d) a stupid mistake

2. What does Paul say about the personnel at McCoy?
(a) they've been increased
(b) they are reduced
(c) they're on alert
(d) they're on R and R

3. What is the Saratoga?
(a) the name of Randy's house
(b) moon shuttle
(c) the name of a famous statue in Ft. Repose
(d) an aircraft carrier

4. How do Russia and NATO feel about the Mediterranean?
(a) it's too rich
(b) it needs to be divided up
(c) it's strategically critical
(d) it has no real value

5. Why is Bubba Offenhaus head of civil defense?
(a) he is ex-CIA
(b) he is an engineer
(c) he owns the only ambulances
(d) he is ex-military

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Randy stop on his way home from town?

2. What does Lib tell Randy when she comes over after he gets home from the store?

3. What does Washington D.C. say about the explosion in the Middle East?

4. What does Randy do when Malachai helps him load the car?

5. Where do Syrian tanks go near the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Florence know Randy and what does she think of him in the beginning of the book?

2. What does "the Day" designate and how important is it to the people of Ft. Repose?

3. Who is James Cobb and what is he doing for the Air Force?

4. What does the announcement from the Acting Chief Executive tell the people of Ft. Repose?

5. What does Florence tell Alice about Randy?

6. Who are the Bragg brothers and what are they both doing at the beginning of the book?

7. Who is Florence Wechek and what is discovered about her at the beginning of the book?

8. What happens in the "Hole" when General Hawker returns and talks with Mark?

9. Where does Randy go after he leaves the grocery store and what does he do?

10. What does Helen ask Admiral Hazzard and why?

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